© 2025 USPS
On September 13, 2025, in Washington, DC, the United States Postal Service® will issue the Holiday Cheer stamps (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate), in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20 stamps (Item 685600). These stamps will go on sale nationwide September 13, 2025, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.
Four new designs in this booklet of 20 usher in the holiday season. Each stamp features a collage of either a holly wreath, three amaryllis flowers, cardinals perched on mistletoe, or an evergreen branch decorated with fruit. Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamps with artwork by Denise Fiedler.
Stamp Fulfillment Services will make an automatic push distribution to Post Offices of a quantity to cover approximately 30 days of sales. Quantities for the automatic push distribution are available by logging on to SFS Web at sfsweb.usps.gov/sfsweb. Post Offices may begin ordering stamps before the FDOI through SFS Web; offices must also check the amount they will receive on their automatic push distribution.
Customers have 120 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™ or at The Postal Store® website at usps.com/shop. They must affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:
FDOI – Holiday Cheer Stamps
USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services
8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64144-9900
After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service™ will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark up to a quantity of 50. There is a 5-cent charge for each additional postmark over 50. All orders must be postmarked by January 13, 2026.
The Postal Service also offers first-day covers for new stamp issues and Postal Service stationery items postmarked with the official first-day-of-issue cancellation. Each item has an individual catalog number and is offered in the USA Philatelic catalog and online at usps.com/shop. Customers may register to receive a free USA Philatelic catalog online at usps.com/philatelic.
Locally produced items are not authorized. Only merchandise that has been approved and assigned an item number by Headquarters Retail Marketing may be produced and sold.
Issue:
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Holiday Cheer Stamps
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Item Number:
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685600
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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First-Class Mail Forever
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Format:
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Double-Sided Booklet of 20 (4 designs)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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September 13, 2025, Washington, DC 20066
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Art Director:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Designer:
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Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
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Artist:
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Denise Fiedler, San Francisco, CA
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Modeler:
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Joseph Sheeran
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset
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Printer:
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Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
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Press Type:
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Muller A76
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Stamps per Booklet:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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500,000,000
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Paper Type:
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Nonphosphored Type III, Block Tag
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Colors:
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Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.7700 x 1.0500 in. / 19.5580 x
26.6700 mm.
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Stamp Size (w x h):
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0.9100 x 1.1900 in. / 23.1140 x
30.2260 mm.
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Booklet Size (w x h):
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5.7600 x 2.3800 in. / 146.3040 x
60.425 mm.
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Plate Size:
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880 stamps per revolution
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Plate Number:
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“P” followed by four (4) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Header: Holiday Cheer • Twenty First-Class™ Forever® Stamps • © 2025 USPS in peel strip area • Barcode • USPS logo • Promotional text • Plate number in peel strip area
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— Stamp Services,
Marketing, 8-7-25
